Excellent condition, small shelf wear to jacket, pages crisp and clean. A fantastic novel of suspense, mystery and secrets that should never be revealed.... superb (fic)

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From the Inside Flap:

ent that beautiful eighteen-year-old Minella Maddox saw Charles-Augueste, the haughty, arrogant Comte Fontaine Delibes, his satanic looks thrilled her with a sense of danger and excitement. The Comte, too, liked what he saw. He decided that he would marry Minella, and nothing would be allowed to stand in his way . . . not even his wife.